Video display apparatus and method of setting user viewing conditions

ABSTRACT

A method of setting user viewing conditions of a video display apparatus including detecting a peripheral terminal via a wireless communication; determining whether the detected terminal is registered by receiving address information of the detected terminal; confirming a viewer rating of the detected terminal, if the detected terminal is registered; comparing the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile with the viewer rating of a preset user profile, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal is confirmed; loading the detected user profile of the terminal, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile is lower than the viewer rating of a preset user profile; and setting user viewing conditions based on the loaded user profile.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a Continuation of co-pending U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 14/242,628 filed on Apr. 1, 2014, which is a continuation ofU.S. application Ser. No. 13/061,431 filed on Apr. 20, 2011 (now U.S.Pat. No. 8,737,919, issued on May 27, 2014), which is a National Phaseof International Application No. PCT/KR2009/004844 filed Aug. 28, 2009,which claims priority to Application No. 10-2008-0084340 filed in theRepublic of Korea on Aug. 28, 2008. The entire contents of all of theabove applications are hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a video display apparatus and a methodof setting user viewing conditions, more specifically, to a videodisplay apparatus that is able to set viewing conditions for users viacommunication with a peripheral bluetooth device by using Bluetoothtechnology.

Discussion of the Related Art

Generally, if a user selects a viewing condition menu, a viewingcondition is set based on a setting value predetermined in aconventional video display apparatus. That is, Television viewingconditions may be supplied to the user based on predetermined menusettings including predetermined video images and audio sounds. Such avideo display apparatus typically has a function of adjusting a videomode and audio mode. As a result, the user sets video mode adjustmentvalues such as desired contrast, brightness, color intensity andsharpness and audio mode adjustment values such as bass, treble, balanceand the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating viewing condition setting of aconventional video display apparatus.

First of all, a favorite channel list (M1) displays a plurality ofchannels and broadcasting program titles. According to the conventionalvideo display apparatus, when registering favorite channels, users arenot categorized. In a user viewing setting (M2) of the conventionalvideo display apparatus, only one setting value, for example, volume(30), viewer rating (more than 19 years), video mode (clear mode), audiomode (sport mode) and the like is preset and stored. This may cause aproblem that various user requirements cannot be satisfied.

Moreover, displaying means out of video display apparatuses such asTelevisions have various menus operable by the user. Especially,selection for favorite channels, volumes, viewer ratings and the likemay be different according to the user preference and age. The userviewing condition setting of the conventional video display apparatusthat provides users with only one stetting fails to reflect such therequirements. Even in case there might various settings according tousers, it will be inconvenient to change such the various settingsmanually every time when the user views the television.

Recently, apparatuses having Bluetooth installed therein have beenconsumed a lot. Especially, Bluetooth is adapted to mobile phones asstandard feature. Models of televisions Bluetooth that supportsBluetooth headset have been released. The present invention is inventedto improve user convenience through communication between Bluetoothdevice and televisions.

To solve the problems, an object of the present invention is to providea video display apparatus and a method of setting user viewingconditions thereof, which is able to register a Bluetooth device and toset user viewing conditions of the video display apparatusautomatically.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a video displayapparatus and a method of setting user viewing conditions, which is ableto give the priority order to a plurality of detected bluetooth devices,if they are detected by the video display apparatus, and to set userviewing conditions according to the priority order of the Bluetoothdevices.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a video displayapparatus and a method of setting user viewing conditions, which is ableto load user profile of a Bluetooth device having the lowest rating andto set user viewing conditions, if a plurality of registered Bluetoothdevices having different ratings are detected by the video displayapparatus.

To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with thepurpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, avideo display apparatus includes a Bluetooth module detecting aperipheral Bluetooth terminal via inquiry scan/response and acquiringaddress information of the detected Bluetooth terminal; a control unitloading user profile of the detected Bluetooth terminal and setting userviewing conditions based on the loaded user profile; a profile databasestoring the user profile of the detected Bluetooth terminal and userprofile setting menu managing the user profile; a tuner receiving abroadcasting program based on the set user viewing conditions; avideo/audio processor processing the received broadcasting program intovideo and audio signals based on the set user viewing conditions; and adisplay unit displaying the processes video signal and outputting theuser profile setting menu as OSD message.

The Bluetooth module periodically may inquiry-scan a peripheralBluetooth terminal.

The control unit may determine whether the detected Bluetooth terminalis registered based on the acquired address information and the controlunit may generate user profile of the detected terminal, that includesthe address information and user viewing condition setting values, byusing the user profile setting menu if the terminal is not registeredbased on the result of the determination.

The control unit may measure RSSI of the detected Bluetooth terminal andthe control unit may compare the measured RSSI with a reference RSSI todetermine a connection state of the detected Bluetooth terminal.

The user profile of the user profile database may include Bluetoothterminal information and user viewing condition setting values of theBluetooth terminal and priority order information.

The Bluetooth terminal information may include a kind, address andreference RSSI of the Bluetooth terminal.

The user viewing condition setting values may include a favorite channellist, volume, rating, video mode, audio mode, password, automatic poweron/off, reservation viewing and record information.

The user profile setting menu stored in the user profile database mayinclude registration, calling, and deletion and priority order changesof the user profile.

The user profile setting menu may add a password function to limitaccess to the user profile.

The video display apparatus may further include a HCI communicationcontrol unit controlling the Bluetooth module to perform the inquiryscan by using command packet and outputting even packet according to theresponse to the control unit.

In another aspect of the present invention, a method of setting userviewing conditions of a video display apparatus includes steps ofdetecting a peripheral bluetooth terminal via inquiry scan/response;determining whether the detected bluetooth terminal is registered byreceiving address information of the detected bluetooth terminal;displaying a setting menu of user profile to register the bluetoothterminal, if it is determined that the bluetooth terminal is notregistered; and generating user profile of the bluetooth terminalcomprising address information of the bluetooth terminal and settingvalues of user viewing conditions by using the displayed the settingmenu of the user profile.

The generated user profile may further include information of priorityorder of user profiles.

The method may further include measuring and comparing RSSI of thedetected bluetooth terminal with preset reference RSSI.

If a value of the measured RSSI is larger than a value of the referenceRSSI based on the result of the comparison, the bluetooth terminal maybe registered.

The method may further include outputting a message of disconnecting thebluetooth terminal, if a value of the measured RSSI is smaller than avalue of the reference RSSI based on the result of the comparison.

The user profile setting menu may include menu lists of registering,calling, deleting user profile and changing the priority order of theuser profile.

The user profile setting menu may add a password function to limitaccess to the user profile.

The setting values of the user viewing conditions may include a favoritechannel list, volume, rating, video mode, audio mode, password,automatic power on/off, reservation viewing and record information.

In a further aspect of the present invention, a method of setting userviewing conditions of a video display apparatus includes steps of:detecting a peripheral bluetooth terminal via inquiry scan/response;determining whether the detected bluetooth terminal is registered;comparing the priority order of the detected bluetooth terminal userprofile with the priority order of a preset user profile, if thebluetooth terminal is registered based on the result of thedetermination; loading the user profile of the bluetooth terminal, ifthe priority order of the detected terminal user profile is higher basedon the result of the comparison; and setting user viewing conditionsbased on the loaded user profile.

A message of disconnecting the detected bluetooth terminal may beoutputted, if the priority order of the detected terminal user profileis lower based on the result of the comparison.

The method may further include measuring and comparing RSSI of thedetected bluetooth terminal with preset reference RSSI.

If a value of the measured RSSI is larger than a value of the referenceRSSI based on the result of the comparison, the priority order of thebluetooth terminal may be compared with the priority order of preset useprofile.

A message of disconnecting the bluetooth terminal may be outputted, if avalue of the measured RSSI is smaller than a value of the reference RSSIbased on the result of the comparison.

The setting values of the user viewing conditions may include a favoritechannel list, volume, rating, video mode, audio mode, password,automatic power on/off, reservation viewing and record information.

The set user viewing conditions may be maintained until at one ofpower-off, disconnection of Bluetooth terminal and load of the otheruser profiles may be performed.

If a plurality of other Bluetooth terminals are connected havingdifferent ratings are connected in the step of detecting the peripheralBluetooth terminal, user profile of the Bluetooth terminal having thelowest rating may be loaded to set user viewing conditions.

If the Bluetooth terminal set as the user viewing conditions isre-detected for a predetermined time period, it may be asked as ° SDmessage whether to load standard user profile.

The present invention has following advantageous effects.

The video display apparatus according to the present inventionautomatically recognizes the user by using bluetooth devices,especially, mobile terminals such as mobile phones. As a result, theviewing conditions in consideration of ordinary viewing patterns ortastes of the user may be provided and a single television may bepersonalized by a plurality of users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide furtherunderstanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute apart of this application, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure andtogether with the description serve to explain the principle of thedisclosure.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating viewing conditions of a conventionalvideo display apparatus;

FIG. 2 is an inner block view illustrating a video display apparatus 100in communication with a peripheral Bluetooth device 200 according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3a is a diagram illustrating a user profile setting menu forBluetooth user registration;

FIG. 3b is a diagram illustrating a distance according to RSSImeasurement of the peripheral Bluetooth device according to the videodisplay apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 4 including FIGS. 4a and 4b is a diagram illustrating a userprofile setting menu according to another embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of setting user viewingconditions of the video display apparatus using the Bluetooth deviceaccording to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a method of setting user viewing conditions of the videodisplay apparatus using the Bluetooth device according to anotherembodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Reference will now be made in detail to the specific embodiments of thepresent invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be usedthroughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.

FIG. 2 is an inner block view illustrating a video display apparatus 100in communication with a peripheral Bluetooth device 200 according to anexemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The video display apparatus 100 includes a Bluetooth module 101, Rdcommunication controller 103, control unit 105, memory 107, a userprofile DB 109, video/audio processor 111, display unit 113 and a tuner115.

The Bluetooth module 101 performs inquiry for find out which peripheraldevices there are and what is their communication address. The Bluetoothmodule 101 selects and sets an address of a Bluetooth device desired tocommunicate based on the collected addresses during the inquiry and itexchanges data with the Bluetooth device.

HCI communication controller 103 having defined interface, namely, hostcontrol interface (HCI) transmits and receives HCI packet to and fromBus firm ware. The HIC packet is categorized into command, event anddata packets. The HCI communication controller 103 commands theBluetooth module 101 to start the inquiry by using the command packet.In addition, the HCI communication controller 103 outputs an eventpacket to the control unit 105 based on the result of the inquiryperformed by the Bluetooth module 101.

The control unit 105 acquires information of relative Bluetooth deviceby using the event packet transmitted from the HCI communicationcontroller 103 and the address of the Bluetooth module 101. The controlunit 105 identifies whether the Bluetooth terminal is registered to theuser profile based on the acquired information of the Bluetooth device.Then, the control unit 105 loads user profile of the correspondingBluetooth device based on the acquired information of the Bluetoothdevice. The control unit 105 sets user viewing conditions or generatesnew user profile by using the information of the connected Bluetoothdevice to register a setting value of user viewing condition.

In addition, the control unit 105 measures strength of a signal(Received Signal Strength Indication, RSSI) received by the detectedBluetooth device and it compares the measured signal strength with apreset reference RSSI to determine a connection state of the detectedBluetooth device.

The memory 107 stores programs for connection with Bluetooth devicesaccording to the present invention therein.

The user profile database 109 stores setting values of viewingconditions according to Bluetooth device user types and user profilesuch as the information of the Bluetooth device therein. Here, theBluetooth device information includes the name, address, signal strengthof the Bluetooth terminal. The profile database 109 supplies graphicaluser interface, GUI that manages the user profile, for example,inputting a setting value of the user viewing condition corresponding tothe information of the relative Bluetooth device to the user profile,determining the order of priority among the user profiles and the like.This may be referenced to as user profile setting menu. If the userprofile setting menu is supplied in OSD way, the user may register, calland delete the user profile and also he may change the order of priorityof the user profile and limit access to the setting menu of the userprofile by setting password.

The control unit 105 measures RSSI of the peripheral Bluetooth devicetransmitted to the Bluetooth module 101. If a value of the received RSSTis larger than a value of the referenced RSSI, the control unit 105determines that the Bluetooth device is connected and that the user ofthe corresponding Bluetooth device is in the viewing conditions of thetelevision that is the video display apparatus. When registering theuser profile, the control unit 105 outputs OSD message via the displayunit 113 to inform that the user of the corresponding Bluetooth devicewould be remote as far as viewing fully before registering the Bluetoothdevice. Generally, the RSSI is in reverse proportion to the distancewith the Bluetooth device and it can be used to measure a relativedistance with respect to devices.

The control unit 105 loads user profile corresponding to the peripheralBluetooth device 100 detected via the Bluetooth module 101 of the videodisplay apparatus 100 and it sets user viewing conditions.

The tuner 115 receives corresponding broadcasting programs to reflectfavorite channels, viewer rating, reservation viewing and recordinginformation according to the preset user viewing conditions.

The video/audio processor 111 processes and outputs video and audiomodes of the broadcasting program received according to the preset userviewing conditions.

The display unit 113 displays images processed by the video/audioprocessor 111 and it outputs various OSD messages according to thepresent invention.

The Bluetooth device 200 includes a Bluetooth protocol stack 201 havinga unique identification number and it is connected to the broadcastingreceiver 100 having the Bluetooth module 101 installed therein tocommunicate with. Here, the Bluetooth device 200 communicate with thebroadcasting receiver 100 by using serial profile prescribed in standardBluetooth standard Ver. 1.2. The Bluetooth device 200 responds itsaddress under allowance of operating conditions for lookup process ofthe other Bluetooth devices, namely, inquiry scan/response.

FIG. 3a is a diagram illustrating user profile setting menu forBluetooth user registration according to the present invention.

The Bluetooth module 101 of the video display apparatus receivesBluetooth device information (L1, L2 and L3) including addressinformation via inquiry scan/response with peripheral Bluetooth devices.In addition, the Bluetooth module 101 generates user profiles (P1, P2and P3) according to Bluetooth user type based on the Bluetooth deviceinformation detected in the video display apparatus.

Selected Bluetooth device address information (42:A3:12:B1:65: . . . )of the detected Bluetooth device information is asked whether to beregistered to corresponding user profile (P1). The user profile (P1)includes a bluetooth terminal list of a registered user, a setting valueof user viewing conditions and information of the user priority order.

FIG. 3b is a diagram illustrating a distance according to RSSImeasurement of the peripheral bluetooth device according to the presentinvention.

Bluetooth uses 2.4 GHz ISM (Industrial Scientific Medical band radiofrequency with 1 Mbps of transfer speed to enable wireless datacommunication against obstacles. Bluetooth is Ad hoc network configuredof connection among more than two piconets. Here, the piconet is a setof devices sharing identical channels to exchange information. The videodisplay apparatus 100 may manage whether the bluetooth device 200 ispositioned within a predetermined distance, whether it maintainsconnection or finishes the connection, the bluetooth device is linked tothe piconet.

The video display apparatus 100 according to the present inventiondetects peripheral bluetooth devices 200 via inquiry scan/response byusing the bluetooth module and it measures RSSI of the peripheralbluetooth devices 200. Then, the video display apparatus 100 comparesthe measured RSSI with a preset reference RSSI and it outputs theconnection state of the detected bluetooth devices via the display unitas OSD message. If the RSSI transmitted from the detected bluetoothdevice 200 is larger than the preset reference value, it is determinedthat the detected bluetooth device is connected to the video displayapparatus 100 and that the user is within a predetermined distance (S)for viewing TV. As a result, if the registered bluetooth device 200 isdetected and connected to the video display apparatus 100, the userprofile corresponding to the bluetooth device may be loadedautomatically or based on user selection. At this time, it is preferablethat the predetermined bluetooth communication distance (S) is 10 m.

The video display apparatus 100 detects peripheral bluetooth devices 200periodically by using the bluetooth module and the registered terminalis automatically linked to the piconet.

Once the user profile corresponding to the detected bluetooth device isloaded, the video display apparatus 100 maintains the user viewingconditions until the power off, disconnection of the registered terminalor until other user profile of detected bluetooth terminal with highpriority is loaded.

Here, the disconnection means that it is determined that the user of thebluetooth device 200 connected to the video display apparatus 100 isabsent for a predetermined time period, if a value of the received RSSIis smaller than a value of RSSI stored for a predetermined time periodalthough the bluetooth device 200 exists in the bluetooth piconet, or ifthe corresponding bluetooth device is not detected in the bluetoothpiconet for a predetermined time period.

In case of the disconnection with the bluetooth device 200, the videodisplay apparatus 100 outputs the disconnection as OSD message. If thereis no re-detection of the bluetooth device for a predetermined timeperiod, the video display apparatus 100 asks the user whether to loaduser profile having a higher order of priority than the former one or itoutputs standard profile load as OSD message.

FIG. 4 including FIGS. 4a and 4b is a diagram illustrating a settingmenu of the user profile according to the exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 4a is an OSD message displayed in a display screen to ask the userwhether to load user profile of the detected bluetooth device.

FIG. 4b shows the user viewing conditions of bluetooth user profile (P1,P2 and P3) displayed in the video display apparatus 100. The bluetoothuser profile includes a favorite channel list according to user types,volume, rating, video mode, audio mode, password, automatic poweron/off, reservation viewing and record information. Especially, thevideo display apparatus according to the present invention sets userviewing conditions in communication with bluetooth devices such that itcan manage the rating automatically. For example, if a plurality ofbluetooth terminals with different ratings is connected, the bluetoothuser profile with a relatively lower rating is loaded to set the userviewing conditions. That is, if there are different ratings, arelatively lower rating is selected such that children and their parentsmay view a corresponding broadcasting program together.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method of setting user viewingconditions of the video display apparatus in communication withbluetooth devices according to an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention.

The video display apparatus detects peripheral bluetooth devices viainquiry scan/response by using the bluetooth module installed therein(S500).

The priority order of the profile preset in the video display apparatusat the present is compared and determined with the user profilecorresponding to the detected bluetooth terminal (S501).

If the priority order of the detected bluetooth terminal is higher thanthat of the preset profile, it is asked via the display unit whether theuser profile of the detected bluetooth terminal is loaded (S502).

If the user selects the load of the corresponding profile, the userprofile of the detected bluetooth terminal is loaded (S504).

The user viewing conditions preset in the loaded user profile is set(S505). Here, the user favorite channels, volume value, video/audiomode, rating and reservation information of the detected bluetoothterminal user may be set as user viewing conditions.

If the priority order of the profile of the detected bluetooth terminalis lower than that of the preset profile or if the user refuses to loadthe corresponding profile, the detected bluetooth terminal isdisconnected and the disconnection is outputted as OSD message via thedisplay unit (S506).

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a method of setting user viewingconditions of the video display apparatus in communication with abluetooth device according to another embodiment of the presentinvention.

The video display apparatus periodically detects a peripheral bluetoothdevice via inquiry scan/response by using the bluetooth module (S601).

It is determined whether the detected bluetooth terminal is registered(S602).

If the detected bluetooth terminal is not preset and registered, aregistering step registering the corresponding bluetooth terminal to thebluetooth user profile starts (S611).

If the detected bluetooth terminal is registered one, RSSI of thebluetooth terminal is measured and compared with a preset reference RSSI(S603),

If the value of the received RSSI is larger than the value of thereference RSSI, it is outputted as OSD message that the bluetoothconnection is maintained (S604).

The user viewing conditions of the user profile corresponding to thedetected bluetooth terminal is maintained (S605).

If the value of the received RSSI is smaller than the value of thereference RSSI, the preset bluetooth terminal is disconnected and thedisconnection is outputted as OSD message (S606).

After the disconnection with the detected bluetooth terminal iscomplete, it is determined whether a bluetooth terminal is re-detectedfor a predetermined time period (S608).

If it is determined to perform the re-detection, the step (S601) isperformed.

If the re-detection of the bluetooth terminal is not performed for apredetermined time period, the user is asked whether to load userprofile having the next higher priority order than the user profile ofthe preset bluetooth terminal. Or if there is no bluetooth terminal, theuser is asked to load standard profile (S608).

The corresponding profile required by the user is loaded (S609). Theuser viewing conditions of the loaded profile is set as setting value(S610). Here, operations of the video display apparatus performed duringthe viewing period is renewed and stored as corresponding user viewingcondition value.

In the meanwhile, the terminology user in the specification of thepresent invention is defined in consideration of functions and it may bevaried according to purpose or practices of people who pertains to theart. As a result, the definition of terminology may be performed basedon the content of the description.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made in the present inventionwithout departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it isintended that the present invention cover the modifications andvariations of this invention provided they come within the scope of theappended claims and their equivalents.

The present invention has an industrial applicability.

The video display apparatus according to the present inventionautomatically recognizes the user by using bluetooth devices,especially, mobile terminals such as mobile phones. As a result, theviewing conditions in consideration of ordinary viewing patterns ortastes of the user may be provided and a single television may bepersonalized by a plurality of users.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of setting user viewing conditions of a video display apparatus, the method comprising: detecting a peripheral terminal via a wireless communication; determining whether the detected terminal is registered by receiving address information of the detected terminal; confirming a viewer rating of the detected terminal, if the detected terminal is registered; comparing the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile with the viewer rating of a preset user profile, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal is confirmed; loading the detected user profile of the terminal, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile is lower than the viewer rating of a preset user profile; and setting user viewing conditions based on the loaded user profile.
 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: outputting a message of disconnecting the detected terminal, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile is higher than the viewer rating of a preset user profile.
 3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: outputting a message of disconnecting the terminal if the viewer rating of the detected terminal is not confirmed.
 4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the setting value of the user viewing conditions includes at least one of a favorite channel list, volume, viewer rating, video mode, audio mode, password, automatic power on/off, reservation viewing and record information.
 5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the set user viewing conditions are maintained until one of a power-off, a disconnection of the detected terminal and a load of another user profile is performed.
 6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: if a plurality of terminals is connected, loading a user profile of a terminal having the lowest viewer rating to set user viewing conditions.
 7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: if the terminal set as the user viewing conditions is disconnected for a predetermined time period, displaying as an on-screen display (OSD) message prompting whether to load a standard user profile.
 8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user profile includes a terminal list of a registered user, the setting value of user viewing conditions and information of the user priority order.
 9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the teiminal list includes a name, address, signal strength of the terminal.
 10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the peripheral terminal is detected by a Bluetooth via inquiry scan/response.
 11. A video display apparatus comprising: a communication module detecting a peripheral terminal via a wireless communication and acquiring address information of the detected terminal; a control unit loading a user profile of the detected terminal and setting user viewing conditions based on the loaded user profile; a profile database storing the user profile of the detected terminal and a user profile setting menu managing the user profile; a tuner receiving a broadcasting program based on the set user viewing conditions; a video/audio processor processing the received broadcasting program into video and audio signals based on the set user viewing conditions; and a display unit displaying the processed video signal and outputting the user profile setting menu as an on-screen display (OSD) message, wherein the control unit is configured to determine whether the detected terminal is registered by receiving address information of the detected terminal, to confirm a viewer rating of the detected terminal, if the detected terminal is registered, and to compare the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile with the viewer rating of a preset user profile, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal is confirmed.
 12. The video display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the communication module periodically inquiry-scans a peripheral terminal.
 13. The video display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit determines whether the detected terminal is registered based on the acquired address information and the control unit generates a user profile of the detected terminal, that includes the address information and user viewing condition setting values, by using the user profile setting menu if the terminal is not registered based on the result of the determination.
 14. The video display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the user profile of the user profile database includes at least one of terminal information and user viewing condition setting values of the terminal and priority order information.
 15. The video display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the terminal information includes at least one of a kind, address and reference RSSI of the terminal.
 16. The video display apparatus as claimed in claim 14, Wherein the user viewing condition setting values includes at least one of a favorite channel list, volume, viewer rating, video mode, audio mode, password, automatic power on/off, reservation viewing and record information.
 17. The video display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the user profile setting menu stored in the user profile database includes at least one of registration, calling, deletion and priority order changes of the user profile.
 18. The video display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the user profile setting menu adds a password function to limit access to the user profile.
 19. The video display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: a host control interface (HO) communication control unit controlling the communication module to perform the inquiry scan by using a command packet and outputting an even packet according to the response to the control unit.
 20. The video display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the peripheral terminal is detected by a Bluetooth via inquiry scan/response. 